Mo Fan did not speak. Instead, he walked straight to the side of the two women, looking at them with a smiling expression.
His arrival naturally drew the attention of both women.
Yue Liu’s face immediately lit up with joy. She quickly said, “Junior Brother Mo, hurry and act. Kill this traitor for me!”
“Good!”
Mo Fan nodded. With a casual flip of his hand, a long sword appeared in his grasp.
As spiritual energy poured into it, the long sword instantly turned crimson. Flames of light emerged on its surface, emitting a terrifying aura.
Seeing Mo Fan agree so readily, Yue Liu felt greatly reassured. In contrast, Su Mu’s complexion opposite her turned extremely unsightly. She immediately said, “Fellow Daoist Mo, you have not yet joined the Sun Moon Holy Sect. Why risk your life for them?
“You must know that today, everyone from the Sun Moon Holy Sect is surrounded by my Su family. They cannot escape even if they grow wings. If you act to help them now, even if you kill me, you will thoroughly offend my Su family. In the end, you will die too!”
Hearing these words, Mo Fan nodded at once. Looking at Su Mu, he said, “What you say seems to make a lot of sense!”
With that, he turned his head towards Yue Liu, frowning as he spoke, “Holy Maiden, it is not that I do not wish to help you. But as you heard, helping you at this moment means I will become an enemy of the Su family. At that time, I am afraid I will not escape death!”
Upon hearing this, Yue Liu was instantly furious, her teeth itching with anger. She said gravely, “Junior Brother Mo, do not forget that you cultivate a technique of my Sun Moon Holy Sect. Moreover, Protector Mo Yang has already acknowledged you as his nephew. In other words, you are already considered a disciple of my Sun Moon Holy Sect!
“If you do not kill her now, when the Su family experts arrive fully, both you and I will find it hard to escape death!”
“That makes sense!”
Mo Fan nodded, turning around once more. He looked at Su Mu and raised the Fire Cloud Sword in his hand, as if about to thrust towards her.
This scene greatly frightened Su Mu. She quickly called out, “Young Friend Mo, do not listen to the flowery words of this little wench. She is clearly using you!
“Your master, Venerable Ji Yang, is a traitor to the Sun Moon Holy Sect. Do you think they will truly be kind enough to let you join?
“In fact, they want to escort you back to the Sun Moon Holy Sect and hand you over to the sect leader for punishment, thereby gaining merit!”
“Wench, do not speak nonsense!”
Yue Liu was instantly filled with shock and anger upon hearing this.
However, Su Mu sneered coldly, “Am I speaking nonsense? Your Sun Moon Holy Sect is renowned throughout the Nine Continents as a demonic sect. As demonic cultivators, how could you be kind people?”
With that, she looked at Mo Fan again and said to him, “Young Friend Mo, I am not only an enshrined cultivator of the Su family but also direct lineage. I can promise you that as long as you kill this little wench for me, you will be a friend of my Su family. Naturally, the Su family will not harm you!”
“Really?”
A hint of delight appeared on Mo Fan’s face upon hearing this.
“Of course it is true!”
Seeing that Mo Fan was tempted, a smile also emerged on Su Mu’s face.
Mo Fan took a deep breath, turned around once more, raised his sword towards Yue Liu, and sighed, “Holy Maiden, you heard it. It is not that I, Mo Fan, lack righteousness. It is simply that her offer is far too tempting!”
“You…!”
Yue Liu gritted her teeth. However, seeing Mo Fan’s gaze gradually turn cold, she immediately suppressed her anger and said to him, “If you can kill her, it will be a great merit for our Holy Sect. At that time, I can report your achievements to the sect leader. With this merit, you can fully become a core disciple of our Holy Sect!”
“That sounds rather good. But I am someone who cherishes my life. Compared to my life, what you offer is still far less. No matter how I look at it, it does not seem worthwhile for me!”
Mo Fan raised his hand to stroke his chin, his face full of difficulty.
“Not only that, I can ask Protector Mo Yang to accept you as his disciple!”
“Not enough!”
“I can also grant you a million spirit stones, as well as a high-grade magical treasure!”
“Still not enough!”
Mo Fan shook his head repeatedly, leaving Yue Liu choked with frustration. Just as she was about to erupt, Mo Fan spoke faintly, “Your Holiness the Holy Maiden, can you raise the price further? If we cannot agree on a price, then I can only say sorry!”
“I… I truly have nothing more to offer you…”
Yue Liu lightly bit her red lips, feeling both anxious and angry. If looks could kill, she would probably have already killed Mo Fan hundreds of times by now.
“Do not look at me like that. It will make me very upset. After all, for a beauty like you to perish here would be a loss to the men of our cultivation world.”
“But since you cannot add any more to the offer, I can only say sorry to you!”
With that, Mo Fan directly raised the Fire Cloud Sword in his hand. A powerful aura emanated from his body.
“Hahahaha… Little wench, after you die, I will have all the Sun Moon Holy Sect cultivators here buried with you!”
Seeing that Mo Fan was about to act, Su Mu immediately burst into loud laughter, feeling victory was in her grasp. At the same time, a trace of killing intent appeared in her gaze towards Mo Fan.
What was a promise?
As long as it was not sworn on the Heavenly Dao, such promises were worthless to cultivators!
In her view, Mo Fan’s repeated demands for Yue Liu to raise the price showed that he still harboured a desire to kill her. For this alone, she felt Mo Fan deserved death!
“Wait…”
“I… I can still raise the price!”
Yue Liu gritted her teeth and spoke in panic.
Even though she was a rare genius and the Holy Maiden of the Sun Moon Holy Sect, in the face of life and death, great fear still arose. Even more, she felt unwillingness!
Her goal was to step into the Ancestral Realm and become a true great figure free between heaven and earth, not to fall here.
“Oh? You can still raise the price?”
Mo Fan’s sword-swinging motion paused at once. He looked at Yue Liu with great interest.
For some reason, he noticed that two blushes had suddenly appeared on Yue Liu’s face.
“What is this woman up to?”
“Could the price increase she means be herself?”
All sorts of thoughts flashed through Mo Fan’s mind. Immediately afterwards, he cleared the chaotic ideas from his head, silently reciting in his heart, “Damn it. It seems I am still influenced by the demonic nature of my main body. Always thinking in that direction. What a sin!”
“Yes. If you can kill her and protect me through this calamity, I can become your dao companion!” Yue Liu lightly bit her teeth, her voice becoming much softer.
“Dao companion?”
Mo Fan looked at Yue Liu with some surprise upon hearing this. His heart could not help but stir a little. However, thinking of Yue Chan’s experiences, he immediately turned back into a proper gentleman.
“Damn it. This woman is the Holy Maiden of a demonic sect! If I truly become dao companions with her, who knows how many green hats I would end up wearing!”
Just thinking of this sent a chill through Mo Fan’s heart.
“I am very sorry. Your beauty is worth nothing in my eyes!”
“I am a noble person. You have underestimated me. So, you can go die now!”
Mo Fan grinned fiercely and swung the long sword in his hand!
Seeing this, Yue Liu’s eyes widened at once. She never imagined that even after offering such conditions, this damned fellow would still look down on it!
In the instant Yue Liu closed her eyes, she heard a “puchi” muffled sound by her ear. Then, something fell onto the deck. At the same time, the extreme cold air she had been urging within her body surged forward like a dam bursting!
“Alright, stop closing your eyes. Hurry and think of a way to escape. Otherwise, we really will have to account for ourselves here today!”
Mo Fan’s voice rang in Yue Liu’s ear, immediately causing her to open her eyes.
As soon as she opened them, she saw a headless human-shaped ice sculpture appear before her. Glancing to the side, she spotted a bloody head on the deck nearby.
Su Mu’s eyes were wide open, as if she never expected to die here.
“You… how did you kill her?”
After coming back to her senses, Yue Liu also looked at Mo Fan with shock and suspicion.
“If I do not kill her, do you want me to kill you instead?”
Mo Fan rolled his eyes.
